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Description: American botanist, peace activist, zoologist, autobiographer, ichthyologist and eugenicist: Date of birth/death: 19 January 1851 : 19 September 1931
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A mature female big-cone pine (Pinus coulteri) cone, the heaviest pine cone A young female cone on a Norway spruce (Picea abies) Immature male cones of Swiss pine (Pinus cembra) A conifer cone, or in formal botanical usage a strobilus, pl.: strobili, is a seed-bearing organ on gymnosperm plants, especially in conifers and cycads.
It would have been nice if the whole thing was in focus, but I think the photo is a good representation of a pine cone, and thus gets my support. --Lord Voldemort (Dark Mark) 20:31, 30 August 2005 (UTC) Support. Good and sharp. Enochlau 03:35, 1 September 2005 (UTC) Support either original or edited.
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Bucket and cone refer to twin attributes that are frequently held in the hands of winged genies depicted in the art of Mesopotamia, and within the context of Ancient Mesopotamian religion. The iconography is particularly frequent in art from the Neo-Assyrian Empire (911–605 BCE ) , and especially Assyrian palace reliefs from this period.